Candy Dish Blog

This month Pearson’s Candy celebrates its 100th anniversary. In 1909 the Pearson brothers started the candy as a distributor and in 1912 began producing their own candies, starting with the Nut Goodie, which originally cost only five cents. Can you imagine anything costing five cents nowadays? Why, not even pennies are that cheap now!The Salted Nut Roll debuted in 1933 but changed names briefly to the Choo Choo Bar to distinguish itself from other nut roll products of the time. Since then, Pearson’s has produced other confections and has changed a bit over the years but still has its two timeless classics available, along with a few others.

See below the lovely gift pack we have for you. Six candies – a great sampling from Pearson’s offering. Here is what you have to do to win. Think about the legacy left by the Pearson brothers and all the fine products they have today as a result of the hard work they did 100 years ago. Tell us what you want your legacy to be when people look back at you 100 years from now. What should they say about you and your accomplishments?

All entries should be received by May 14th at 9 a.m. or whenever I get my morning coffee ready and sit down to determine a winner. Use the comments section of this post to indicate your answer. Good luck!

Candy by Carl Weaver.

Behold the pecan log – a summer road trip staple, nuts encased around the cherry nougat center, running as marrow through the breezy memories of my youth. Windows down, Dad speeding along the blisteringly hot highway and my brother and me taking a moment of respite to enjoy a taste of brown and pink goodness before returning to whatever we had been fighting about in the back seat of the car. It was a sweet summertime salve that helped us ignore the heat, if only for a little while, as if the dew of Hermon had descended right there in our car.

Folks, if you don’t have a Stuckey’s near you, you are missing out on a special treat. Have you had a pecan log? What are your memories of them?

Pecan Log by ThisIsIt2.

I am a sucker for Liberty Orchards’ products. There. I said it. Thus, I was excited to see that they have a bunch of candy on sale for 50% off. It looks like a Christmas clearance sale but it’s still great stuff. You may think of Liberty Orchards as the fruit and nut people but in reality they have other stuff as well – gingerbread cookies, shortbread, cremes, jellies and nougats. That’s right – I said it. Nougat. Eric, I hope you are willing to give some of these a shot. They will change your whole worldview.